Financial Performance - Net income for Q4 2024 was 3.3million,downfrom6.1 million in Q4 2023, with earnings per diluted share at 0.16comparedto0.35 in the prior year[2][13] - Net income for the fourth quarter of 2024 was 3.272million,adecreaseof50.96.668 million in the previous quarter and a decrease of 46.0% from 6.062millioninthesamequarterof2023[40]−Netincomedecreasedby36.818,623,000 from 29,483,000year−over−year[41]−Netincomeavailabletocommonstockholdersfellby41.716,791,000 from 28,781,000year−over−year[41]−Basicnetincomepercommonshareforthefourthquarterof2024was0.16, a decrease of 54.9% from 0.36inthepreviousquarterandadecreaseof52.90.35 in the same quarter of 2023[40] Loan and Credit Quality - The provision for credit losses was 4.2millioninQ42024,upfrom1.9 million in Q4 2023, reflecting increased credit quality concerns[5][18] - The provision for credit losses increased by 43.7% to 4.154millioninthefourthquarterof2024comparedto2.890 million in the previous quarter, and increased by 115.6% from 1.927millioninthesamequarterof2023[40]−TheBankhadnon−accrualloanstotaling44.7 million, or 1.48% of gross loans, at December 31, 2024, compared to 18.8million,or0.5734.8 million, or 1.15% of gross loans, at December 31, 2024, compared to 33.6million,or1.01283.4 million, or 8.6%, to 2.996billionatDecember31,2024,primarilyduetoloansalesandpayoffsexceedingoriginations[6][8]IncomeandExpenses−Netinterestincomedecreasedby1.7 million, or 7.2%, to 22.2millionforQ42024,drivenbylowerinterestincome[14][15]−Non−interestincomefellto938 thousand in Q4 2024, down from 3.2millioninQ42023,largelyduetolossesonequityinvestments[19]−Totalnon−interestexpenseforthefourthquarterof2024was14.367 million, an increase of 3.1% from 13.929millioninthepreviousquarter,butadecreaseof13.316.568 million in the same quarter of 2023[40] - Non-interest income for the fourth quarter of 2024 was 938thousand,adecreaseof70.03.127 million in the previous quarter and a decrease of 70.9% from 3.228millioninthesamequarterof2023[40]AssetsandDeposits−Totaldepositsincreasedto2.751 billion at December 31, 2024, from 2.725billionatSeptember30,2024,butdecreasedby228.2 million, or 7.7%, from 2.979billionatDecember31,2023[5][10]−Totaldepositsincreasedby1.02,750,858,000 compared to 2,724,580,000inthepreviousquarter[42]−Totalassetsdecreasedto3,599,118 thousand in Q4 2024 from 3,613,770thousandinQ32024,adeclineof0.43,626,651 thousand for Q4 2024, down from 3,853,457thousandinQ42023[43]EfficiencyandRatios−TheefficiencyratioforQ42024was62.19.9 million, or 3.1%, to 323.9millionatDecember31,2024,primarilyduetoretainedearningsgrowth[12]−Thecompany’sstockholders′equityincreasedto320,124 thousand in 2024 from 299,618thousandin2023[45]−Totalinvestmentsecuritiesroseby14.3 million, or 14.8%, to $111.2 million at December 31, 2024, as excess liquidity was allocated to the securities portfolio[9]